The annual Stikine River Birding Festival has a busy first weekend planned.

It starts up Friday with a 1 p.m. virtual storytime at the Irene Ingle Public Library, then continuing the educational fun agenda with a Birding 101 class at 6 p.m. Friday at the Nolan Center, led by Bonnie Demerjian.

The library event will present an Earth Day theme, with activity kits available for pickup at the library. The meeting ID for the Zoom event is 935 4298 0052, passcode 8743535.

There are three events on Saturday’s calendar. A community cleanup is planned for 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., sponsored by the Wrangell...